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New EU economic-security doctrine tests how far existing trade tools can stretch

By Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet ( December 3, 2025, 16:56 GMT | Comment) -- The EU’s new economic-security strategy introduces no fresh trade-defense instruments, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as they aren't needed. Instead, the regulator aims to adapt existing tools to the bloc’s shifting security landscape. But that's a move that could raise questions about its evidence-based approach and how such measures would work in practice.The EU’s new economic security strategy won’t provide any fresh instruments to combat economic coercion and the weaponization of critical raw materials or critical technologies....

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